Holder for spinning-rings.



B. HALL. HOLDER FOR SPINNING RINGS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

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BICKNELL HALL, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ROTARY RING SPINNING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

HOLDER FOR SPINNING-RINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May e, ieee.

Application led June 12, 1908. Serial No. 438,102.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, BICKNELL HALL, of Taunton, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Holders for Spinning-Rings, of which the following is a specification.

T his invention has relation to rotary spinning rings and has for its object to provide an improved bearing or holder therefor.

On the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents in plan view, a ring and a holder therefor embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 illustrates the manner of introducing the ring into or removing it from the support. l

The ring a is of the usual type and it has Ain addition to the traveler race a', the lower flange uf which is usual with such rings. The holder is provided with a plurality of sup orts or posts, as they may be termed, for forming a loose bearing for the ring, so that it may rotate freely and also yield to" a limited extent both laterally and axially. These posts are supported by a base consisting of a continuous ring, and it is formed of resilient or elastic material which will permit it to be bent so as to dislocate one or more of the posts, and thereby enable an operative to either insert or remove a ring. The base is indicated at f). stamped out of a sheet of metal such as steel or'spring brass. The posts are secured to the base, and as illustrated are of two kinds as indicated at c and d. Those at d are pro-- vided with flat upper ends to constitute faces upon which the ring may rest, and they are provided with reduced pins d which are upset' or riveted in countersunkholes b in the base b.

The posts c are formed with heads or flanges c which project over the flange a2 of the ring in such manner as to limit the upward movement of the ring. The under sides of these flanges c form faces which are in a plane separated from the plane of the faces of the posts d, a distance greater than the thickness of the flange a2 of the ring, lso that It is preferably the ring is capable of a limited' vertical or axial movement. The inner edges of the heads c are cut away or concave so as to lie in a circle a little greater than the body of the ringe, so that the ring is capable of rotating and of moving laterally to some eX- tent. The posts c are provided with pins cz which are upset or riveted in coun-tersunk apertures b2 in the base t. ,'When it is desired to introduce a ring into the holder, the base l) is bent or sprung into position as shown in Fig. 4, so that one or more of the posts c will be dislocated or moved out of the plane of the ring so that the latter may be passed over it or them, after which, the base will by its own resiliency spring back into its original condition as shown in Fig. 2.

It is evident that any convenient number of posts may be employed, for although l have shown four posts c and four posts d, l may use a greater or smaller number. rThe posts are preferably made of metal and can be manufactured in large quantities at very slight expense.

The base is provided with the usual slots b3 for the reception of the screws e whichare passed into the rail f. l find that in some cases, excellent resultsare secured by using screws having shanlrs less in diameter than the width of the slots so as to permit the holder to move laterally to a limited extent.

.Having thus explained the nature of my said invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use, I declare that what I claim is A holder for a rotary spinning ring, comprising a plurality of posts adapted to receive said rotary ring, and a base for said posts, said base consisting of a continuous annulus of resilient material ada bent to move one or more of sai posts out of the plane of the bottom of the lring.

il In testimony whereof I have affixedmy signature, in presence of two witnesses.v

l BICKNELL HALL.

Witnesses:

MARCUS B. MAY, P. W. 'PEZZETTL ted to be. 

